What remains paramount, though, is that regardless of the quality of the material being put out, material is still being put out. The passion that created this music in the mid-seventies has been marred, but it hasn’t been destroyed. While this progression has alienated many listeners, it is still a movement that is being fed by young, new acts who, because of this dry spell, have searched for inspiration elsewhere and incorporated it into their music. New comers such as Wale and Kid Cudi have mixed Go-Go and electronic music into their sound and have achieved much notoriety and even major label deals. So while sampling’s presence may have made hip hop into the form that many of us miss dearly, its absence could actually start to foster a broad sound that we also may soon grow to know and love. One thing’s for sure — it’d be great to be a fan again.
— Daniel Werman: Genre Bending: How Hip Hop Became Kind of hip Pop
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